lukasschilling.de

LUKAS SCHILLING

ZEN

2019

composite material, mechanical and electronic components

diameter: 130 cm

The master halts before placing the ink-soaked brush onto the paper. Exhaling, he draws a black circle in a single calm movement, ending where he began. A meditation on the eternal course of the world, the infinity of the universe and the beauty of imperfection. Just as the number Pi has no end, mastery is not a goal, but an eternal beginning that strives towards perfection.

Zen consists of four circular elements whose independent rotations combine to form the unity of a moving circle. The movement of the individual elements, determined by a random generator, constantly leads to new overlaps and variations of a circle that is never perfectly round, but always just an approximation.